Fraktur or Antiqua in primary schools? The struggle for a unified typeface in German-speaking Switzerland between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
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Autor:innen
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
2019
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Sammlung
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Paedagogica Historica
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
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Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
55
Ausgabe / Nummer
6
Seiten / Dauer
792-811
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Taylor & Francis
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Auflage
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Abtretungsempfänger:in
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Zusammenfassung
In this paper, we analyse the struggle for a unified style of writing in primary schools in the German-speaking part of Switzerland between the 1860s and the first decades of the twentieth century with regard to the contexts in which this struggle was embedded. In the late-nineteenth century, in German-speaking Switzerland, as in other parts of the German-speaking realm, a controversy emerged regarding whether general writing practices (handwriting and print) should adhere to the traditional Gothic script and typefaces called Fraktur or whether such practices should change in favour of the Latin script and typefaces called Antiqua. This controversy was fuelled by economic arguments (Latin script was used in international commerce), scientific arguments (the question of which type- face was “healthier” emerged), and arguments questioning which cultural liaisons should be upheld or even strengthened (Antiqua was identified with Romance and English languages and cultures, whereas Fraktur was identified with German language and culture). In German-speaking Switzerland, as a part of a multilingual country, the latter was particularly important because this question of cultural allegiance was expressed by the basic cultural practice of writing.
Schlagwörter
Script, Standardization, National homogenisation, Primary School
Fachgebiet (DDC)
370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
900 - Geschichte
900 - Geschichte
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
0030-9230
1477-674X
1477-674X
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Lizenz
Zitation
HOFMANN, Michèle, Lukas BOSER HOFMANN und Marcelo CARUSO, 2019. Fraktur or Antiqua in primary schools? The struggle for a unified typeface in German-speaking Switzerland between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Paedagogica Historica. 2019. Bd. 55, Nr. 6, S. 792–811. DOI 10.1080/00309230.2019.1653945. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/30178